Paint brush holder



y 1937- W. c. CRAWFORD 2,080,655

PAINT BRUSH HOLDER Filed Nov. 30, 1955 INVENTOR. ll/a Z Zer 0. O-rawf'ord ATTQRNEY.

Patented May 18, 1937 REISSUED MAR121940 PAINT BRUSH HOLDER Walter 0.Crawford, Bogota, N. J., assignor of one-half to Joseph Laurenzi,Bogota, N. J.

Application November 30, 1935, Serial No. 52,284

6 Claims.

This invention relates to appliances for maintaining brushes,particularly fiat brushes, such as are used in painting, etc., inserviceable condition for immediate re-use.

It is well known that such brushes, when removed from the paint mixturefor any considerable length of time, become dry, hard and incapable ofconveying and properly distributing paint until after softening thebristles and rendering them pliable.

If the brush is held suspended above the paint container so that thebristles are submerged, such drying condition does not occur, but ifleft in that manner for a considerable period of time.

' the volatile elements of the paint will become vaporized, drying andhardening of the bristles then taking place.

In some instances the brushes are removed from the paint and placed inan open receptacle containing a liquid; this will eventually becomeevaporated and consequently, drying of the bristles ensues; furthermore,unless the brush is suspended from its handle, the bristles becomedistorted and permanently deformed, both by spreading and bendingsidewise to their detriment, even permanent impairment.

Having these matters in mind, it is one of the objects of this inventionto provide a holder in which one or more brushes of varying sizes may beinserted, in such manner that their bristles are held in proper relationto the handles, and the bristles maintained moist and pliable.

A further feature is in the provision of a holder suited to receive andpreserve fiat brushes of like or unlike sizes, any selection of which isinstantly ready for use, the bristles being alined in a chisel shapedformation straight out from the handle.

Another purpose is to produce a brush holder capable of carrying asupply of suitable liquid for immersion of the bristles in itscompartments, retaining the liquid substantially free from evaporation,and provided with a handle by which the several sheaths and brushesinserted therein, can be moved in a convenient manner by hand from placeto place.

These important objects are accomplished by the novel construction,combination and arrangement of simple parts hereinafter described andshown in the accompanying drawing, constituting an essential componentof this disclosure, and in which:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention, partsbeing broken away to show the construction.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken approximately on line 2-2of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the partition plates,wiping edges and plate support, the plates showing a modified type inwhich the several pockets are of a uniform depth.

Referring in greater detail to the drawing, the device is shown tocomprise an elongated rectangular container, generally designated by thenumeral I5, having a flat bottom and upright sides and ends extending toa suitable height, having level edges.

Fitting within the container are two or more transverse partitions IS inwhich are spaced downreaching trough-shaped notches I1, l8, and [9, ofequal or unequal depth, their opposed edges being straight andconvergently inclined to present narrow spaces at the bottoms andrelatively wide spaces at the tops.

The height of these partitions are substantially uniform with the sidewalls of the container and their lower corners may be clipped to permitfree circulation of the liquid from end to end of the container past thepartitions, which constitute supports for the brush bristle housingWalls.

Fitting against the outer edge of the shallow notch I1 is a plate 20having a level outturned flange 2| extending to the adjacent side edgeof the container Wall and resting upon the narrow level top portions ofthe supports l6. Against the opposite side edges of the notches I1 is anopposed plate 22, bent to produce a narrow level surface 23 and thendownwardly to form an inclined plate 24, disposed on the adjacent edgesof the notches l8 and reaching to their bottoms.

Another plate 25 is disposed on the opposite edges to extend upwardlyand bent to form a narrow surface 26, and thence angularly downward tocontact the adjacent sideedges of the notches [9, as at 21.

Similarly another plate 28, on the opposite side of the notches I9, isbent at its upper edge to form a surface 29 reaching to the other sidewall of the container.

All of the several plates 2022, 24--25, and 2'I--28 are provided with aplurality of perforations 30 for the passage of liquid and it is to benoted that the lower edges of each pair of plates are separated by openspaces, while their level tops 2I23-26 and 29, constitute convenient andeffective wiping edges for the bristles.

It will now be apparent that the foregoing disposition of parts, whichare preferably made of sheet metal, constitute a series of trough-likecompartments in which the bristles may soak in whatever liquid may besupplied to the container,

maintaining them pliable, slightly compressed in As the open top of thecontainer is overlaid msubstantially half its exposed area bythe-several plates, which constitute in effect a removable cover,evaporation is slow and an additional supply of liquid is easilysupplied.

Although the foregoing is descriptive of the best known embodiment ofthe invention, it will be understood that minor changes andmodifications may be resorted to without the exercise of invention andwithin the spirit and scope of the appended claims. a

Having thus described the invention and set forth the manner of itsconstruction and use, what is claimed as new and sought to secure byLetters Patent, is: a e

l. A brush holder comprising a liquid holding container, a sectionalcover, wedge shaped pockets between each section disposed longitudinallyof the container, said pockets'having perforate side walls, and a singletransverse pocket at one end of said container.

Y 2. A brush holder comprising an elongated rectangular open-toppedcontainer, longitudinal partial cover sections to extend thereover,pairs of convergingly inclined plates depending from the edges of thecover sections, said plates being plurally perforated andarranged inspaced relation lengthwise the container, and transverse supports forsaid plates and sections seated in said container.

3. A brush holder comprising an elongated rectangular open-toppedcontainer, a plurality of partial longitudinal cover sections to extendthereover, and pairs of convergently inclined downreachingfiexiblepartition plates depending from the edges of the cover sections,said pairs varying one from another in depth and distance apart.

4. A paint brush holder comprising a container for liquid, a pluralityof plate supporting means retained in upright position within saidcontainer, each said supporting means having a plurality of notches, theedges of said notches extending downwardly in a converging relation andterminating at a distance above the bottom of the container, a pluralityof plates positioned in the notches of said supporting means and formingwedge-shaped pockets, each pocket being formed by adjacent plates whoselowermost edges are spaced apart to permit liquid in the tance above thebottom thereof to permit liquid N freely to enter. the pockets and topermit sludge from brushes reposing in the pockets to fall between theplates to the bottom of the container, said lowermost edges of twoadjacent plates being spaced apart to form substantially parallel linescloser together than the uppermost edges of the same-two adjacentplates.

6. A paint brush holder comprising a container for liquid, supportingmembers within and at opposite ends of the container, said supportingmembers providing a series of top supporting points and a series ofconverging supporting edges, a plurality of plates positioned on saidpoints and edges to form a series of wedge-shaped pockets havingconverging sides whose lowermost edges are spaced apart and terminate ata distance above the bottom of the container to permit liquid freely toenter the pockets and to permit sludge from brushes reposing in thepockets to fall between the plates to the bottom of the container, saidplates being removable from the holder.

WALTER C. CRAWFORD.

